Capcom Announces Live Action Ace Attorney Movie
Posted by James Newton
Wait until you see Edgeworth
Japan's appetite for all things Ace Attorney continues, as Capcom and director Takashi Miike announce a joint project to bring the offbeat detective series to the silver screen.
The appointment of Miike as director is an interesting choice, as his past work spans everything from Yatterman to the severely gory Ichi the Killer. With Ace Attorney Investigations 2 not coming Westward it seems unlikely this film will reach non-Japanese audiences.
The live action movie will hit Japanese screens in early 2012.
[via siliconera.com]
#1
Aviator said:
Just fangasmed in my pants.
#2
neepy said:
I would rather have an anime movie than a live action movie though.
#3
Late said:
Nice to have a movie about Ace Attorney but I'm on the same side as JafriYakin.
#4
Bass_X0 said:
Live action adaptations of videogames or manga/anime tend to be amateurish and take many liberties with the characters and the storyline. I could name ten such movies that I consider to be bad just off the top of my head.
#5
ZEROGAME53 said:
i will not make an OBJECTION!! to this news
#6
RadioShadow said:
I have a bad feeling about this.
#7
pixelman said:
Oh lord.
#8
Georgethecow said:
Not sure about this one. Let's hope for the best, because this needs to come to America. Provided it doesn't suck.
#9
SilverBaretta said:
Pff, what? This sounds.......intriguing, to say the least. Wonder how it'll turn out. Who knows? It may come westward on a limited release, since last time I checked, that Death Note live action movie came out in the west, and that's waaaaaaaaaay more Japanese.
#10
motang said:
OBJECTION!
What someone had to say it!
#11
JayArr said:
I can't wait to see live Buttz in the flesh!
#12
The_Fox said:
That's a terrible idea and whoever came up with it should be ashamed of themselves.
#13
Aviator said:
And Mia.
#14
Joetherocker said:
#15
Morphtorok said:
OH MY GAWD
A movie with computer generated everything would be better, but this will be interesting...
#16
TheBaconator said:
I think that the Phoenix Wright series would be more suited towards an animated movie.
#17
Robo-goose said:
Do I spy Gourdy in the top right?
#18
theblackdragon said:
wtf is up with the live-action trend? you've got perfectly good 2D character designs, use them D:
that said, i am dreading this movie (wtf that does not look like Phoenix at all)... but i'll watch it fansubbed anyway :3
#19
WiiLovePeace said:
Live action movie? No thanks. It just doesn't match the style of gameplay found in the games.
#20
kurtasbestos said:
Holy crap, a video game movie by a REAL director??? Takashi Miike is a . I hope this turns out to be more on the Zebraman side of the scale than the Visitor Q side.
#21
zionich said:
Cause im sure I say it too much, but Monster Hunter 3DS is all I want to hear from Capcom
#22
CowLaunch said:
The picture in the article reminds me of a mural of a Soviet utopia.
#23
CapedGodot said:
THE ACTOR DOESN'T HAVE POINTY HAIR OMGWTFGTFO!
In all seriousness, this could turn out to be really good or really terrible. I'm thinking that the latter is more likely, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
#24
JaxxRaxor said:
@JafriYakin
I agree. Japanese live adaptations in general aren't as good. A major issue being Japan so ethnically homogeneous so making diverse looking characters can be a challenge. Although I think Japanese live action adaptations of video games are superior to the ones Hollywood sends out.
#25
Noire said:
Can't be worse than Investigations.
#26
MasterGraveheart said:
Just keep Uwe Bowl away from it at ALL COSTS!
Shouldn't they be spending that money on translating Phoenix Wright vs. Professor Layton?
#27
fishman100 said:
Edgeworth's voice had better be perfect. And same with the music!
#28
Angelic_Lapras_King said:
Well, at they didnt hand it to American movie makers. ;P
#29
edhe said:
Who the heck is Takashi Miike!? Uwe Boll should direct it instead.
#30
LordJumpMad said:
Lets see what the real PhoenixWright has to say about this.
http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5013238
#31
Stine said:
I don't think I'd like to see live action versions of my beloved characters. An anime would probably have been better.
#32
Supervada said:
I never play PhoenixWright but making a live movie would be cool I guess but an anime movie is better. The only Capcom movie that I like was the Street Fighter Chu Li movie. That not because it got the dude who play in The Green Mile (lol) but it better than that DBZ movie...ugh.
#33
CrimsonMoonMist said:
I certainly did not see this one coming.
#34
thesignpainter said:
oh my glob! talk about weird
#35
Linkstrikesback said:
@26 Except Layton vs Ace Attorney is being done by level 5; Capcom don't have much, if anything to do with it.
#36
komicturtle said:
Yeh... They should have went the anime/cartoon route. Anyone seen that Animal Crossing movie? I really enjoyed that..
#37
Gameday said:
Interesting...
#38
Minjo_Master said:
I object.
This is objectionable.
#39
NassaDane said:
Well it is Miike we are talking about. It would be weird if he made a bad movie. We'll see.
#40
MeloMan said:
... As if the live action Dragonball movie wasn't enough...
#41
jpfan1989 said:
fffff this is going to be amazing!
#42
speshalmon said:
But, but, but, why does Japan get all the awesome video game stuff first? Crappy English dub coming DVD only in 2013.
Source: My dismayed fanboyism.
#43
cnm_nintendo said:
OMGOMG YAY ACE ATTORNEY MOVIE!!!! o-o But I would've thought if there was going to be an Ace Attorney Movie.... It would be anime not live-action... Any ideas for the plot anyone? o-o
#44
Omarzuqo said:
Why not anime? Maya looks good though.
#45
danschemen said:
this is going to be really bad or really good.